# חבר
## Aramaic
### Etymology

Cognate with Arabic خ ب ر (ḵ b r) and Hebrew חבר.

### Verb

חבר • (transliteration needed)
* to associate with, to gather together

## Hebrew

* Root
* ח־ב־ר (kh-b-r)
* 15 terms

### Etymology

Cognate with Arabic خ ب ر (ḵ b r) and Aramaic חבר.

### Pronunciation

* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /χaˈveʁ/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /xa.vejr/
* (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA: /ħaˈver/
* (Syrian Hebrew) IPA: /ħaˈber/
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ħɔˈver/
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ħɔˈveːr/, [ħɔːˈveː.eʀ̟]
* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /χaːˈbir/, [χaːˈβɪːɾ]

### Noun

חָבֵר • (khavér) m (plural indefinite חֲבֵרִים, singular construct חֲבֵר־, plural construct חַבְרֵי־, feminine counterpart חֲבֵרָה) [pattern: קָטֵל]
* A (male) friend.
    אפיתי לחם תירס וטיגנתי לביבות לחברים שלי הערב.afíti lékhem tíras v'tigánti l'vivót lakhaverím shelí ha'érev.I baked some cornbread and fried some latkes for my friends this evening.
* A (male) fellow, associate, companion, comrade.
** a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 6:3:הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹדHallomeḏ meḥǎvero pɛrɛq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo hǎlɔḵɔ ʾaḥaṯ ʾo pɔsuq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo dibur ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo ʾǎfillu ʾoṯ ʾaḥaṯ, ṣɔriḵ linhoġ bo ḵɔvoḏ.Whoever learns from his fellow one chapter or one halakha or one verse or one word, or even one letter, should treat him with respect.
* A boyfriend.
    הֶחָבֵר שֶׁלִּי וַאֲנִי הָלַכְנוּ לְסֶרֶט אֶתְמוֹל.Hekhavér shelí va'aní halákhnu l'séret etmól.My boyfriend and I went for a movie yesterday.
* A (male) member
* (communism) comrade (male)

#### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| masculine singular | indefinite | חָבֵר | first | חֲבֵרִי | חֲבֵרִי | חֲבֵרֵנוּ | חֲבֵרֵנוּ |
| masculine singular | definite | הֶחָבֵר | second | חֲבֵרְךָ | חֲבֵרֵךְ | חֲבֶרְכֶם | חֲבֶרְכֶן |
| masculine singular | construct | חֲבֵר־ | third | חֲבֵרוֹ | חֲבֵרָהּ | חֲבֵרָם | חֲבֵרָן |
| masculine plural | indefinite | חֲבֵרִים | first | חבריי / חֲבֵרַי | חבריי / חֲבֵרַי | חֲבֵרֵינוּ | חֲבֵרֵינוּ |
| masculine plural | definite | הַחֲבֵרִים | second | חֲבֵרֶיךָ | חברייך / חֲבֵרַיִךְ | חַבְרֵיכֶם | חַבְרֵיכֶן |
| masculine plural | construct | חַבְרֵי־ | third | חֲבֵרָיו | חֲבֵרֶיהָ | חַבְרֵיהֶם | חַבְרֵיהֶן |
| feminine singular | indefinite | חֲבֵרָה | first | חַבְרָתִי | חַבְרָתִי | חַבְרָתֵנוּ | חַבְרָתֵנוּ |
| feminine singular | definite | הַחֲבֵרָה | second | חַבְרָתְךָ | חַבְרָתֵךְ | חַבְרַתְכֶם | חַבְרַתְכֶן |
| feminine singular | construct | חַבְרַת־ | third | חַבְרָתוֹ | חַבְרָתָהּ | חַבְרָתָם | חַבְרָתָן |
| feminine plural | indefinite | חֲבֵרוֹת | first | חברותיי / חַבְרוֹתַי | חברותיי / חַבְרוֹתַי | חַבְרוֹתֵינוּ | חַבְרוֹתֵינוּ |
| feminine plural | definite | הַחֲבֵרוֹת | second | חַבְרוֹתֶיךָ | חברותייך / חַבְרוֹתַיִךְ | חַבְרוֹתֵיכֶם | חַבְרוֹתֵיכֶן |
| feminine plural | construct | חַבְרוֹת־ | third | חַבְרוֹתָיו | חַבְרוֹתֶיהָ | חַבְרוֹתָם | חַבְרוֹתָן |

#### Synonyms

* (friend): יָדִיד m (yadíd)

#### Derived terms

* חֲבֵר כְּנֶסֶת (khavér knéset)
* תַּלְמִיד חָבֵר (talmíd khavér)

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: حَبْر (ḥabr), حِبْر (ḥibr)
* → English: chaver
* → Ladino: haver
* → Yiddish: חבֿר (khaver)
** → Dutch: gabber
*** → English: gabber
*** → German: Gabber
** → Finnish: kaveri
** → German: Chawer
** → Bavarian: Haberer
*** → German: Haberer
** → Hungarian: haver
** → Lithuanian: chebra

#### References

* H2270 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

### Noun

חֶבֶר • (khéver) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]
* group, team, ensemble, staff
* commonwealth, league (a group or association of cooperating members)
    חֶבֶר הַעַמִּים ― khéver ha'amím ― (the) League of Nations
* company, gang, group

#### Derived terms

* חֶבֶר הַמְדִינוֹת (khéver ha-m'dinót)

### Verb

חָבַר • (khavár) (pa'al construction)
* to join (person), to join in, to team up with, to join forces with
* to be friends with, to associate with
* (talmudic) to band up against

#### Conjugation

or

### Verb

חִבֵּר • (khibér) (pi'el construction)
* defective spelling of חיבר

### Verb

חֻבַּר • (khubár) (pu'al construction)
* defective spelling of חובר

### Anagrams

* בחר, ח־ב־ר, חרב